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Also Known As Sir Derek Harold Richard Barton
Born September 8, 1918 • Gravesend • England
Died March 16, 1998 (aged 79) • College Station • Texas
Awards And Honors Nobel Prize (1969)
Subjects Of Study aldosterone • chemical reaction • chemical synthesis • conformational analysis

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